The Board denied service connection for left and right upper extremity neurological disorders, finding no evidence of in-service onset or relationship to service, including presumed herbicide agent exposure.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no evidence that the Veteran's current bilateral upper extremity radiculopathy had its onset during service or was related to service, including presumed herbicide agent exposure. The Board also noted there is no indication of any neurological symptomatology affecting the upper extremities until 2009, decades after service.
- Claimed conditions
- left upper extremity neurological disorder, right upper extremity neurological disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19105133
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